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  en: The Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra is a Buddhist esoteric text on magic and exorcism, detailing rituals for controlling spirits and deities under the authority of Vajrapāṇi as Bhūtaḍāmara, the “Tamer of Spirits.” Likely compiled in eastern South Asia around the 7th–8th century CE, it introduced the cult of Bhūtaḍāmara. The text was later absorbed into Hindu traditions with a Śaiva reinterpretation and spread throughout the Himalayas and Tibet. It opens with Śiva being overpowered, slain, revived, and converted by Vajradhara, after which he becomes a Buddhist protector. The tantra’s sādhanas invoke female deities who grant yogīs supernatural power and wealth. The manuscript contains complete 15 paṭala (chapters). First chapter (f.1b), Second chapter (f.1b–2a), Third chapter (f.2a– 3b), Forth chapter (f.3b–4b), Fifth chapter (f.4b–6b), Six'th chapter (f.6b–9a), Seventh chapter (f.9a–9b), Eighth chapter (f.9b–10a), Ninth chapter(f.10a–10b), Tenth chapter (f.10b–11b), Eleventh chapter (f.11b–12b), Twelfth chapter (f.12b– 13b), Thirteenth chapter (f.13b–14a) fourteenth chapter (f.14a–15a) fifteenth chapter (f.15a–16a) The interesting thing of the manuscript is , the scribe is decribing hisself in different words 'The skill of my hands'.
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